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[caz963]

Gah - manic day. My HoD in MFL called me yesterday evening to say that she wouldn't be in today because she wasn't well - and I have to say, she sounded like crap, so I don't blame her. But that means that the entire MFL department for the day was - moi. Luckily, she'd jotted down some ideas for her lessons today, so I just had to write up the cover sheets and get a few things together, but it still takes time. And now that school starts that much earlier in the morning - first lesson used to be at 9.15 but now it's 8.45 - that leaves a lot less time to get ready. I had to get my own lessons ready as well, which was when I discovered that the material I was supposed to have been left for PSHE - hadn't been left for me. Great. And I didn't have time to chase anyone up about it. So I had to improvise a lesson about "Fair Trade."

Just before break the fire alarm went off. My coat was in the office, so I ended up standing out in the freezing cold in a muddy field with no coat for best part of twenty minutes. Apparently, it wasn't a drill, there had been something burning somewhere, but it wasn't serious. I'm sure the kids were delighted.

The good thing was that my PSHE lesson was truncated (thank God) but things like that seem to have a knock-on effect and the rest of the day seemed very disjointed.

But, I'm planning to have a night off tonight. Mr Caz and I have asked the Cazes senior to come and babysit so we can go to the pictures. This is assuming I can stay awake that long. We're going to see Valkyrie. I figure that the presence of Messers Branagh, Nighy and Wilkinson will be enough to distract me from Tom Cruise's eyepatch and poofy hair!

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[hooloovoo_42]

Yay! Night off. Let me know how the film is. I may well see it this weekend.

[caz963.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed the film. It wasn't "rave about this and tell all your friends immediately" great, but it was worth seeing, and the last 20-30 minutes were really well done. The way that Hitler was portrayed was interesting, too. Rather than a rabidly ranting megalomaniac, he was this quiet little man, who seemed to be in a world of his own most of the time, although you got a sense of the monster underneath, too.
And as I've said, the supporting cast is packed to the brim with recognisable faces!

[digitalred93.livejournal.com]

Don't forget Eddie Izzard!

Looking forward to hearing what you think -- I've avoided the flick so far, cos I DESPISE Cruise -- but the supporting cast is WOW!

[caz963.livejournal.com]

I confess I hadn't realised he was in it until he showed up. I'm neither a Cruise fan nor a Cruise hater, although I think his beliefs are weird! He's been good in some things and he wasn't bad in this. The supporting cast is truly awesome - it's full of well-known Brit thesps like Kenneth Cranham and Bernard Hill who only pop up for one scene! I enjoyed it overall - it was well done, the story was interesting and I thought the last 20 minutes or so played out really well.